This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1903 Australian federal election. The election was held on 16 December 1903.
Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Electorate | Held by | Protectionist candidate | Labour candidate | Other candidates |
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Brisbane | Protectionist | William Morse | Millice Culpin | Thomas Macdonald-Paterson ( Ind Prot) |
Capricornia | Ind. Free Trade | George Curtis | David Thomson | Thomas Ryan ( Ind Prot) |
Darling Downs | Protectionist | Littleton Groom | ||
Herbert | Labour | William White | Fred Bamford | |
Kennedy | Labour | Frederick Johnson | Charles McDonald | |
Maranoa | Labour | Daniel Leahy | Jim Page | |
Moreton | Ind. Labour | George Harrison | James Wilkinson ( Ind Lab) | |
Oxley | Protectionist | Richard Edwards | William Reinhold | |
Wide Bay | Labour | George Stupart | Andrew Fisher |
Electorate | Protectionist candidate | Free Trade candidate | Labour candidate | Independent candidate(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adelaide | Charles Kingston | |||
Angas | Paddy Glynn | |||
Barker | Sir Langdon Bonython | |||
Boothby | Vaiben Louis Solomon | Lee Batchelor | ||
Grey | Alexander Poynton | |||
Hindmarsh | James Shaw | James Hutchison | ||
Wakefield | Sir Frederick Holder |
Electorate | Protectionist candidate | Free Trade candidate | Labour candidate | Other candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bass | David Storrer | William Hartnoll | ||
Darwin | James Brickhill | King O'Malley | James Gaffney ( Ind) | |
Denison | Sir Philip Fysh | Norman Cameron | Andrew Kirk | |
Franklin | Russell Macnaghten | William Clifford (
RT) Wentworth Hardy ( Ind) William McWilliams* ( RT) Henry Tinning ( RT) | ||
Wilmot | John Cheek | Sir Edward Braddon |
Electorate | Held by | Protectionist candidate | Free Trade candidate | Labour candidate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coolgardie | Labour | Hugh Mahon | ||
Fremantle | Free Trade | Elias Solomon | William Carpenter | |
Kalgoorlie | Free Trade | John Kirwan | Charlie Frazer | |
Perth | Labour | Harry Venn | James Fowler | |
Swan | Protectionist | Sir John Forrest |
Sitting Senators are listed in bold. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending two seats. Free Trade Senators Albert Gould, Edward Millen and James Walker were not up for re-election.
Protectionist candidates | Free Trade candidates | Labour candidates | Socialist Labor candidates | Other candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nathaniel Collins John Cunneen |
John Gray* John Neild* Edward Pulsford* |
Arthur Griffith | Herbert Drake James Moroney Andrew Thomson |
Mary Moore-Bentley (
Ind) Henry Fletcher ( Ind) Nellie Martel ( Ind FT) |
Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending one seat. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Protectionist Senator James Drake and Labour Senators Anderson Dawson and William Higgs were not up for re-election.
Protectionist candidates | Labour candidates | Independent candidates |
---|---|---|
John Bartholomew John Murray Walter Tunbridge |
Thomas Givens* James Stewart* Harry Turley* |
Thomas Glassey |
Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending one seat. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Protectionist Senator Thomas Playford and Free Trade Senators Sir Richard Baker and Sir Josiah Symon were not up for re-election.
Free Trade candidates | Labour candidates | Independent candidates |
---|---|---|
Robert Caldwell David Charleston William Copley |
Robert Guthrie* Gregor McGregor* William Story* |
William Grasby Crawford Vaughan |
Three seats were up for election. The Protectionist Party was defending one seat. The Free Trade Party was defending two seats. Protectionist Senator John Keating, Free Trade Senator John Clemons and Labour Senator David O'Keefe were not up for re-election.
Protectionist candidates | Free Trade candidates | Labour candidates | Revenue Tariff candidates |
---|---|---|---|
Cyril Cameron Edward Mulcahy* |
James Macfarlane* Edward Miles James Waldron |
Milner Macmaster James Mahoney Charles Metz |
Stafford Bird Henry Dobson* |
Four seats were up for election, one of which was for the short-term vacancy caused by Free Trade Senator Sir Frederick Sargood's death which had been filled in the interim by Free Trader Robert Reid. The Protectionist Party was defending two seats. The Free Trade Party was defending one seat. The Labour Party was defending one seat, although Senator John Barrett had been denied Labour endorsement and instead ran on the Protectionist ticket. Protectionist Senators Simon Fraser and Sir William Zeal were not up for re-election.
Protectionist candidates | Free Trade candidates | Labour candidates | Other candidates |
---|---|---|---|
John Barrett Robert Best* John Dow James Styles* |
Frederick Derham Sir John McIntyre Edmund Smith John Templeton |
Stephen Barker Edward Findley* John Lemmon Robert Solly |
Vida Goldstein (
Ind
Prot) William McCulloch ( Ind Prot) Sir Bryan O'Loghlen ( Ind Prot) William Trenwith* ( Ind Lab) Henry Williams ( Ind FT) George Wise ( Ind Prot) |
Three seats were up for election. The Free Trade Party was defending two seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Free Trade Senators Alexander Matheson and Staniforth Smith and Labour Senator George Pearce were not up for re-election.
Protectionist candidates | Free Trade candidates | Labour candidates |
---|---|---|
Michael Cavanagh Samuel Moore |
William Martin Herbert Preston Henry Saunders |
John Croft* Hugh de Largie* George Henderson* |